6 inches of snow already in parts of Upstate NY, with much more to come

The National Weather Service office at the Binghamton airport had already recorded 4 inches of snow as of 1 a.m. today

(National Weather Service)

Syracuse, N.Y. -- More than six inches of snow has already fallen in at least one spot in Upstate New York as the season's first major snowfall gets underway.

The National Weather Service reports that West Kill, in Greene County, had 6.5 inches as of 7 a.m. today. West Kill is at 1,470 feet above sea level, and the storm has tended so far to dump more snow at higher elevations.

Early this morning, snow fell at a rate of 1 to 2 inches per hour across the Thruway between Little Falls and Amsterdam, the weather service said.

In Binghamton, the weather service station, which sits at 1,670 feet, had 4 inches of snow by 1 a.m.

This is the first wave of the storm, and there's plenty more to follow. As this system moves through today, northwest winds behind it will produce lake effect snow that could cause serious travel problems, the weather service said.

The most snow is expected to fall in areas downwind of lakes Erie and Ontario: the southwestern corner of the state, Central New York and Tug Hill. A foot could fall in the Syracuse area and Chautauqua, Cattaraugus and southern Erie counties. Tug Hill could get nearly 2 feet, the weather service said.

In Western New York, heavy snow and high winds could cause "hazardous travel conditions with near blizzard conditions at times," the weather service said. Gusts could be 40 to 50 mph.

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